tammyclair

I swim 4-5 hours a week and it has been wonderful for me. I have lost weight and losing sizes as well. but more than all that it feels great. different than other excercises I have tried I don't have pain after. I feel glorious after a swim. there are workouts available to keep your workouts challenging. google it - there…

I love this thread. I love swimming laps. I have an indoor pool in my building and so I swim every morning before work. and before anyone else is in there. I always think I am swimming like an olympian until my kids swim with me and then they just laugh and laugh. i always try to race them. i think i am so good - because i…

by the way. Polar called to follow up. they said I can brush the sensors with a toothbrush and wollite and that will help. also you can put the strap in the washing machine. no softener. brushing the sensors with wollite really worked.

www.swimplan.com also try http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=528 i know it sounds hard the whole triathlete thing. but this workout isn't too bad. and I am heavy and old and have never been an athlete.

i love to swim. I swim 5 days a week for an hour. I do 70 lengths in an hour. so I could get to the goal of 100 miles. count me in for this. I am going to start tracking too. I wear my HRM and for an hour I can burn more than 400 calories. way more than a walk for me. and my knees are not great so the swimming is better…

here is the response from Polar: it makes sense it happened on Tuesday and our pool is cleaned on Monday so they probably added chlorine. good to know. When measuring heart rate in water, you may experience interference for the following reasons: - Pool water with high chlorine content and seawater are very conductive. The…

I am going to their website and see if I can find anything there.

yes, yes, yes, yes!!! I can't even imagine what it would be like to win.

I have the polar ft4. i wear it in the water 5 days a week. make sure the strap is wet before putting it on. rinse it after.

This is a link to a website that I use for workouts. http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=528

do a google search for swim workouts. i do a beginner triathlon one that is invigorating. lots of ladder stuff.

I am so spoiled. and I guess I have been taking it for granite that I have an indoor pool in my condo building. the water is almost always warm and there is rarely anyone there. I swim at 5 am and only once or twice has there been someone else there. I am going to have to add to my challenges to join a master team. It…

what is the eggbeater?

I set the alarm for 4am - and a snooze every 15 minutes. that way I am sure to all the way awake in time for the 5am workout. going to bed early really does help. I turn everything off at 8:30p for the best sleep. to make sure the habit / routine was set for a month I did it every day without fail. now i am 5 mornings a…

I wear my polar ft4 every day in the pool for an hour. i rinse the chest strap after. I have been doing this for a few months and all is well.

thank you everyone. i was able to get my swim in after work. it was really tough. it felt like i was swimming in mud. burned more calories than i ever have with my HRM. but i am so glad i rallyed. now i am going to have some dinner and go to bed and watch fringe. i couldn't have done it with my best friend and personal…

i love to swim. although i swim for an hour each morning. i am trying to get to 50 lengths in 30 minutes. i was closer this morning. 50 lengths is 40 minutes. i am getting there. i feel glorious after a swim.

When I miss a day - (I swim in the morning before work 5 days a week) - i spend the day wishing for a do-over. I try to remember that feeling at 5am when I just want to sleep in. most of the time it works.

I once heard Dr. OZ say more than 5 hours a week is just showing off. :)

I swim every day with my polar ft4. it works great. I bought it at Target but I heard that it is cheaper on Amazon.

this sounds like really good advice. thank you.

thanks for all the comments. i didn't even want the extra biscuit last night. laughing. oh what a web i spun for myself. thank goodness i didn't get an injury and still was able to have my swim this morning. i am going to take all the great advice and not give up on the stairs. but i will have a better motive next time i…

thanks Debra. i was beginning to think if my topic wasn't about eating too little or an HRM comment i was invisible. :) you keep at it too! good luck.

Definitely happier! This time last year I tried to take my 2–year-old granddaughter on a picnic and was injured getting up and down off the blanket  very disturbing. This year – for my birthday – we flew a kite, skipped, and touched the sky from the swing. I had so much fun and am still smiling 4 days later. My…

very cool. thank you

The 50% thing I can do. thank you. where would I get a water resistant HRM?

How do you calculate the fewer calories because your body is more efficient? the mfp doesn't take that into account.

I swim 5 days a week / 5 hours. I just love it. I have tried many different things over the last year - but swimming just feels so good. This was my workout this morning / 60 min total. : Warm-up 10x25 freestyle. Main Set / Drill - 2x as 25 right arm, 2 x 25 left arm 4x25 kick / 4 x 25 arms freestyle. Ladder Balls out…

I swim. I was swimming 5 hours a week. Then I hit a plateau. The trainer said the law of diminishing returns. This sucks because I am not crazy about the treadmill. So February is bust the plateau month. My doctor is helping me. Phase one: my thyroid meds were upped to 88 mg. no swimming the first week. This week I swam…

I am swimming 5 hours a week (1 hour / 5 days). I am at a moderate pace - about 66 lengths in an hour. I am at 1500 calories. Most days I don't eat my exercise calories. I am 5'4" / 204llbs. I was hoping to get under 200 before the end of 2011. I stopped loosing in November '11. It has been 10 weeks since I lost any…